Adult educators can succeed as public policy educators with these principles: (1) trust in democracy, (2) believe that effective policy improvement can be taught, (3) teach about policy issues, (4) develop a knowledge base, (5) do not advocate a particular policy, (6) promote local leadership, (7) cultivate a supportive institution, and (8) be…

Describes WOSU-AM, a successful radio station in Ohio. (Author/ER)

Post-World War II adult civic education sought to promote citizen participation, individual development, and the creation of an aware and informed citizenry. The objectives were the creation of a public opinion able to assess critically the accomplishment of government, and citizens able to identify and solve common social problems. (Author/AG)

Discusses the participation of interested social groups in the process of educational development and communication between committees and advisory councils and the general public. (RK)

A comparison of urban planners and adult educators; the findings were interpreted as suggesting major differences between the two groups." (Author/SP)

It is difficult, perhaps unnecessary, to distinguish between the requirements for educating a community and educating the civic self, since the civic entity is the public. It is important to assess what the public enterprise and civic order require of the liberal arts. (Author/MSE)

Recommends the policy analysis term paper, involving the use of newspaper and newsmagazine sources to evaluate possible solutions to public policy problems, as an alternative to the political science research term paper in introductory courses. Looks at the results of this approach in terms of student learning. (AYC)

Among the results of an examination of television programing listings during people's time (4:00 to 8:00 p.m.) on three commercial network-affiliated stations were that six of 21 identified program types accounted for 70.2 percent of the programing and that there was no significant difference between the three stations' program offerings. (GT)

Examined is the idea that the present time marks the beginning of transition to a balance between resource use and population growth. A look at human awareness of the natural environment and man's position within it is particularly appropriate as the end of a century and a millenium approaches. (RE)

A content analysis of newscasts of ten Pennsylvania television stations revealed that their emphasis was on local politics, not on sensational and human interest stories. (GT)

A study tested five propositions: citizens in consolidated governments are less informed about government services than those in fragmented systems; consolidated citizens are less efficacious; larger consolidated governments have less citizen participation; consolidated citizens are more dissatisfied; and competition among fragmented systems…

Describes Public Issues Education, a term used in the Cooperative Education Service for a range of multiparty approaches for addressing public issues, from formal conflict resolution procedures to coalition-building and collaborative problem solving. (JOW)

This article describes a university-sponsored experiential-based simulation, the NANO SCENARIO, to increase the public's awareness and affect attitudes on the societal implications of nanoscience and nanotechnology by bringing together diverse stakeholders' perspectives in a participatory learning environment. Nanotechnology has the potential for…